Telephone attachment



Sept. 28 1926. 1,601,666

M. ARMSTRONG TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT Filed 001;. 16, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig.1.

MAUDEARM MM.

Sept 28 .926.

M. ARMSTRONG TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT Filed Oct. 16, 1924 Patented Sept. 28, 1926 uuirsnisrares MAUDE ARMSTRONG, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT.

Application filed October 16, 1924. Serial in. 744,063.

My invention relatesv to an attachment for a telephone and it is an object of the same to provide adjustable means for holding the receiver in convenient position obviating the necessity of holding the receiver and permitting free use of the hands during the-use of the telephone and while waiting for connections and the like.

Another object of the invention is to provide simple and easily operated means for manipulating the hook to make and break the connection.

A still further object of the invention is to providean adjustable shelf for a memorandum pad so that the same may be supported in the most desirable position.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters'indicate similar parts, 9

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my device,

Figure 2a side elevational view showing the manner of fastening the device to a telephone, parts being broken away,

Figure 3, a section on the line 33 of Figure 2,

Figure -l a detail view of hook manipulating means,

Figure 5 a section on the line 55 of Figure 1,

Figure 6, a detail view of the attachment for the base of the telephone.

In the drawings reference character 10 indicates a telephone of ordinary construc-- t-ion having a mouth piece or transmitter 11 and a receiver 12 ordinarily supported on a hook 13 when the telephone is not in use, this hook serving also to make and break the connection, as usual.

A U-shaped sheet metal bracket 14: provided with longitudinally extending slots 15 therein is adapted to be secured in inverted position over the upper end of the telephone post by means of the conventional fastening means between the telephone post and the transmitter. The lower end of the long leg 16 of said bracket is curved outwardly in a manner preferably to conform to the curvature of the telephone post and a clamp 17 is provided for securing the parts rigidly together. A supporting bracket 18 carrying a memorandum shelf 19 is pivoted to said longer leg of the U- shaped bracket and is adapted to be adjusted to any position desired by the user. To the shorter leg of the bracket 14 is pivoted a hook manipulatingfor depressing element ing its outer end upturned and pivotallysupporting a bracket 25. The bracket 25 has pivoted to its outer end a receiver hold ingelement 26 said receiverholding element comprising an angular element pivotally secured to the bracket 25 and supporting a bar 27 having a clip 28 at each end. Each of the clips 28 is preferably provided with a cushion 29 of cork or any other desired material. By this construction the receiver is held in a position close to the ear of the person using the telephone and the same may be readily raised or lowered or otherwise adjusted to suit the person using the same.

It is desirable that some means be provided for balancing the weight of the receiver and its supporting means and I therefore provide the memorandum shelf 19 for accomplishing this purpose. This shelf 19 as Wlll be observed is of heavy construction and is supported by the longer leg of the U- shaped bracket.

In order to obviate the necessity of a mempr'andum shelf and yet counterbalance the weight of the receiver and its support when the same is suspended and further to render the telephone less likely to upset I provide an auxiliary base 35 as shown in Figures 1 and 8 which as shown is adapted to be secured beneath the base of the telephone. This base comprises a substantially square metal body having a clip at each corner for engagement over the base of the telephone. Two of the clips 36 are preferably permanently secured to the base 35 and the other two clips 37 are slotted and adjustably held by wing screws 38 to said base. Obviously the base 35 may be used with the telephone to prevent the same from being as readily upset-even though the memorandum shelf 19 is used, however, it is very desirable and almost imperative that the base 35 be used if the memorandum shelf is not used.

It will be readily seen that I have provided a device which will require less time and thought to operate, which may be more conveniently and easily manipulated and which is extremely simple in construction ant therefore inexpensive to manufacture.

As will be evident to those skilled in the art my device may be modified in various ways without departing from the spirit of the invention and therefore I do not limit myself to the specific device shown in the drawings-and described in the specification but only as indicated in the appended claims.

Having thus described my said invention what I claim is:

1. An attachment for telephones compris ing a bracket adapted to be attached to the upper end of the telephone post, an extension pivotally carried by said bracket to swing in a substantially horizontal plane,

a second bracket pivoted to said extension in a substantially vertical plane and bent at an angle approaching the horizontal from said pivot, and a receiver holding bracket carried thereby said bracket having a clip adapted to engage said'receiver substantially as set forth.

2. An attachment for telephones comprising a bracket adapted to be secured to the post of a telephone said bracket having a pair of depending arms located on each side of the telephone post, a clamp on one of said arms adapted to engage the telephone post, and a weight for counterbalancing the re ceiver supported by one of said arms said weight being in the form of a shelf, substantially as set forth.

3. An attachment for telephones comprising a bracket adapted to secure to the post of the telephone saidbracket having a pair of depending arms located on each. side of the telephone post, a clamp on one of said arms adapted to engage the telephone post, a weight for counterbalancing the receiver supported by one of said arms and a second bracket pivotally connected with said first mentioned" bracket for adjustably sup porting a telephone receiver, substantially as set forth.

4. An attachment for telephones comprise ing a bracket adapted to be secured to the post of the telephone for supporting the receiver, said bracket having a portion on the opposite side ofthe telephone post from the receiver, and a weight on said portion, said weight serving to counterbalance the re ceiver and comprising a shelf adapted to support a memorandum pad, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Denver, Colorado, this 10th day of October, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty-four.

MAUDE ARMSTRONG. Ii 1 I 

